Some Lovingly Rendered Eyeballs

and you call it madnessss ahh but i caall it looveee

butch miku

filipina miku!! my mom helped me with her outfit ^_^

stan is the only member of the pines twins^2 to never make a deal with bill and i think he needs more credit for that.

ford makes, just, so many deals with his demon boyfriend

dipper literally trades his body to bill in sock opera

and while i will die on the hill that it was never her fault, mabel is tricked into making a deal with him for weirdmagenon.

but stan never gets tricked. the only time he comes close was when he was pretending to be ford but that was with the sole purpose of getting bill erased. never does bill get to him or twist his thoughts. for being the "dumb one" he's surprisingly rational in this was.

nobody matches bill intellectually, ford's fatal flaw is that he thought he did, and the pines family wins because they have an emotional core that bill never had (the power of sibling bonding saves the day and i love it) but ill go out on a limb and say that out of everyone, stan is the only one to match bill's street smarts.

bill's a master manipulator but stan is a professional con-artist with no respect for the law, you tell me who's coming out on top.

stan successfully faked his own death, ran a business for 30 years, taught himself some sort of advanced engineering to repair the portal, evaded local, federal and international authorities from the age of 18, and did it all without any support.

and going back to when he pretends to be ford to get bill to enter his mind, that scene makes stan the only character to ever outwit bill.

anyways this has been a stan pines appreciation post, thank you and goodnight

HAPPY BI-VISIBILITY DAY, EVERYONE! (Sept. 23) 💙💜❤️

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WILLIAM-ADOLPHE BOUGUEREAU - THE FLAGELLATION OF JESUS CHRIST, 1880

The painting depicts the compelling agony and brutal pain from the Passion of Christ. Jesus Christ is the focal point of the composition. He is bound to a column, with his hands tied above his head. His feet are limp and droop to the ground.

Two Roman soldiers are engaged in the act of flogging and their whipping ropes in mid-swing, ready to strike. The third sits in the foreground, fastening birch branches to fashion, yet another instrument of torture. The bystanders include indignant perpetrators, curious spectators, and indifferent executioners. Christ raises his eyes to His Father, He offers Himself as a ransom for the world

Bouguereau was known for his smooth, almost invisible brushstrokes, which gave his paintings a polished, almost photographic finish. This technique minimized the texture of the paint itself, allowing the viewer's focus to be on the realism of the scene rather than the medium. Bouguereau's portrayal of human anatomy was incredibly precise, reflecting his deep study of the human form evident in Jesus's body rendering

Including onlookers adds to the historical authenticity of the scene. During the time of Jesus, such events were often watched by crowds, including soldiers, local officials, and common people. By depicting this, Bouguereau aims for historical accuracy while also humanizing the narrative, showing how such brutal acts were part of daily life

portuguese miku.